Bo Staff Training?

Take a look at the youtube videos by Shihan Nishiuchi. I've found them to be well made videos. Good luck.

Mike Thomas wrote:

Take a look at the youtube videos by Shihan Nishiuchi. I've found them to be well made videos. Good luck.

I did a quick search and thought I’d embed one here so people can see it. Here’s one where the bunkai of one of the bo forms is explained.

All the best,

Iain

Hi Andrew,

First thing is to keep in mind, try not to use the term 'Bo Staff', use Bo or 6ft Staff - it annoys the hell out of Kobudo guys! LOL.

Like Karate, you will find different Kobudo people train for different reasons, from different lineages and in different ways.

However feel free to pm me and we can discuss offline what your looking for and I can see if I can help you find a decent teacher local'ish to you.

i have this Sensei's dvd on the bo and the sai.i find it useful in our classes when we get the time to train with our bo staffs

Thanks, for the info.

Apparently my Bo-Staff terminology comes from the Department of Redundancy Department. lol. 

Any of the stuff from Matayoshi Kobudo is good. The link Iain posted is from a Matayoshi Kobudo Sensei.

Zenei Oshiro is in France and is very good. He has a video available too. Here's a link to the trailer

DVD okinawa kobudo zenei oshiro by imaginarts

http://dai.ly/dPQBuL

Bo is also great for coordinating the hand and giving a better understanding of balance. However, if you want something that is street practical, look for the jo or hanbo, or the cane. Can point you to several sources for those. For the cane a couple of friends even have DVD's out that are excellent sources. (For Iain, that would be Ted Truscott and Alain Buresse from the Animal list)

Hi Sam,

I’ve embed the above video so people can view it more easily (as I can with moderator access). I’ve not seen any of Ted Truscott’s DVDs, but I have seen some Alain Buresse’s so I can second that recommendation.

All the best,

Iain

PS My wife has a hat just like that :-)

I have trained a little in Nishiuchi lineage kobudo (and the dojo I teach at has a good class) and from what I saw the sparring was reminiscent of japanese karate's one step...lacking practicality through far too much formality.

 Its quite easy to forumlate your own exercises when you isolate the desired training outcome. We were working on a few little drills for bo and sai, which Ive copied links for below. These are old videos and the drills hae evolved a lot since then.

We were trying to get better at distance management, range changes and developing foot patterns that were not linear...hope you enjoy (and if you need help finding a place in Canada then PM me and I'll put you in touch!)

Regards

Ben

We only have 1 Bo kata, but that has a full KumiBo excersise that is not unlike what you show, good stuff.

I agree fixed 1-step only gets you so far and is not 'real' in terms of actual application skill development.

Hi, 

What is the difference between a jo and a hanbo?

Regards,

Paul

quick awnser about a foot from memory (I dont really train either formally) - jo about 4ft, Hanbo about 3 ft long.

BRyder wrote:

Its quite easy to forumlate your own exercises when you isolate the desired training outcome. We were working on a few little drills for bo and sai, which Ive copied links for below. These are old videos and the drills have evolved a lot since then.

Hi Ben, Nice videos! I’ve embedded them so they are earlier for people to view.

All the best,

Iain